The Invisible Man's grandfather's deathbed diatribe is telling younger generations not to tolerate this injustice done to them by whites. Grandpa tells them, “I want you to top them with yeses, weaken them with smiles, accept them to death and destruction, let them swell until they vomit or gape.” (Ellison 344) The invisible man is dominated by guilt from this speech until the end of the story. When he realizes that he can use this education to better advance his race, his guilt is gone. Now he can advance his race to the point of becoming social